The 17th Veria International Guitar Festival will take place at Antoniadeios Stegi in December 12 - 15, 2024. It will feature recitals by top artists, master classes addressed to both soloists and guitar duos, as well as guitar competitions to be judged by important representatives of the music world, leading to prizes of high artistic and educational significance and a total pool of 8000 euros.

Moreover, VIGF announces its 3rd Composition Competition for works for two guitars under the chairmanship of renowned composer and guitarists Stephen Goss, leading to publications and video recordings of the winning works.

Competitions

• Solo Guitar Competition
• Guitar Duo Competition
• Youth Guitar Competition
• Composition Competition

Invited Artists

• Aniello Desiderio (ITL)
• Zoran Dukic (HRV)
• Giampaolo Bandini (ITL)
• Cesare Chiacchiaretta (ITL)
• Goran Krivokapić (MNE)
• Alexis Mouzourakis (GRE)
• Susana Prieto (ESP)
• Tohi Harada, VIGF 2023 1st Prize (solo)
• Duo Steshenko (UKR) - Pavicevic (MNE), VIGF 2023 1st Prize (duo)               

Guitar exhibitions

• Tassos Koukourigos
• Dimitris Piperidis

Artists in residence

• Duo Melis